on Twilight...

Watching Twilight at the cinema was something i was anticipating to do.. armed with high expectations and with a little knowledge about the movie much more with the story (well, i do know it's not the another-vampire-movie having fed by the lead actress saying that the vampires here were "vegetarians"), i was doomed to be disappointed.

Hardcore action was what I've expected to see although being a vegetarian vampire is sort of off-putting since I'd like to see bloods.. a hell lot of bloods! (lols) Never had I imagined that this movie is a rather cheesy love story. The whole movie is all about the getting-to-know-each-other stage of soon-to-be-lovers where almost, if not all, of the characters talk and talk and talk such that it came to a point that I've found them all irritatingly noisy. (i have to restrain myself from shouting inside the cinema but i didn't get the chance to hold my tongue on retaliating about the scenes) Moreover, I was also appalled by the lengthy scenes where both of the major characters just look at each other..almost to a point where they would devour each other since they were so close to each other that it will only take a second for any one of them to do so.

To sum it up, I really felt I'm cheated with the price I have to pay for the ticket.

But then again, there are some quotable lines that made me shiver but in a nice way:

"I don't have the strength to stay away from you.."
"You are my life now.."

Cheesy, huh?

the 2nd MBS experience...

in order to attend to this event, i'd really have to talk it over my boss to give me a rest day, just so i could come and join this yet another spectacular event i was so ecstatic to be in. then, we were doing our fieldworks for the continuation of the Biozonification Project (I was assigned as the team leader of the marine biologists who are to assess the status of the reefs.. and that, perhaps, is the greatest mistake ever done! *laughs*).

and because i was at the field, i didn't have the luxury of having to surf the net (if you could only feel the itch of my fingers), subsequently depriving me the chance of having to confirm my participation.. and so, with a little help from Mark, I was able to accomplish the task (kudos to Mark.. weeeee!).

now, i'm not going to spoil things up by the litany of how i got to attend the 2nd MBS. I'm here to talk about what i've experienced through all of it.. here goes:

I was late. I arrived at the venue at past ten in the morning. there were few talks but Mark assured me i wasn't missing great talks yet. Anyhoo, i rushed to the venue still.

I was anti-social (very anti-social, hardcore!). I was really disappointed of myself for being such during the event. However, i can't balme myself for not having mustered enough courage and confidence to socialize well.. i guess i hardly have the nerve to do such.. but then again, i was contented in conversing with Mark and Mikko who was a co-intern at the ECPC during the summer of 2007 (he's now a grown-up, not a yagit anymore..). there were lots of things to talk to with Mikko (as usual), and we've had lots of laughs.

I've met other Mindanaoan bloggers. So you see, although i was very anti-social then, both mikko and mark have also introduced me to some of the bloggers who also joined the summit. I got to see Hiyas and Elton and some of their friends whose names I could hardly remember but faces that i can't forget (because those are the only faces i got to see closer and longer from my area); Maris, Mikko's sister whom I never really expected to be THAT beautiful and, well, dropdead gorgeous; the girl who's Maris' friend way back her elementary years; and some of the blogger-organizer..

I've learned some tips and info about blogging. Although I've been blogging for years now (not as frequent as I am today -- that needs further assessment still), I'm still naive of a great many things about blogging and the blogosphere (or perhaps i am just indifferent to learn more about it. i just love to write, that's it!). And so I learned that, indeed, blogs/blogging is a very powerful tool. It's a very potent media where a plethora of things can be done and can have different purpose, as in for advertising, advocacy, etc. But i believe, what is really important is that it can be a catalyst of (positive) change (credits for Mark). But then again, action STILL speaks louder that blogs. (laughs)